Stéphane Paquette

Stéphane Paquette
Stéphane Paquette at french music festival La Nuit sur l'étang, in Sudbury.
Background information
Also known as	Stef
Born	1973 (age 43–44) Chelmsford, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, actor
Years active	1993-present
Associated acts	Les Chaizes Muzikales
Website	www.stefpaquette.ca

Stéphane (Stef) Paquette (born 1973 in Chelmsford, Ontario) is a Franco-Ontarian singer-songwriter and actor from Canada.

A founding member of the band Les Chaizes Muzikales in 1993, Paquette launched a solo career in 2002 with his first solo album, L'Homme exponentiel. His second solo album, Salut de l'arrière pays, was released in 2011 and won a number of awards, including the Prix Trille Or from the Association des professionels de la chanson et de la musique in 2013. In January 2014, he won five of the seven prizes at the annual Contact ontarois music competition, with his prize package including an extensive series of music festival bookings across Canada.

In 2011, he also participated as a supporting musician in a reunion tour by the rock band CANO.

Paquette is also known as an improv comedian and actor, whose television roles have included Météo+, Les Bleus de Ramville and Hard Rock Medical. Paquette is one of the three lead actors in the feature film Perspective.

In addition, he is currently an afternoon host on CHYC-FM in Sudbury, and performed at a rally in Sudbury on April 5, 2009 to protest staff cutbacks at CBCS-FM, the city's CBC Radio One station.